Stuart Ramsey was overcome with emotion as Chain Of Lightning held off all the big names to win the TJ Smith at Randwick on Saturday.
Veteran trainer Les Bridge can’t speak highly enough of his champion three-year-old.
Betting on Saturday’s feature race slowed to a crawl on Friday as rain lashed Sydney,but remarkably the first day of The Championships will proceed.
After missing the start in the Golden Slipper,boom colt Storm Boy is looking for victory and tens of millions of potential earnings at stud at Randwick on Saturday.
With wet weather expected for the first day of The Championships,headlined by the Doncaster Mile and TJ Smith Stakes,we run the rule over the four big races.
Kerry O’Keeffe is as nervous ahead of Gallant Star’s run in Saturday’s Country Championship as he was before a Test match for Australia.
Another wet opening day looms for The Championships and punters are searching for mudlarks,with Canterbury Stakes winner Lady Laguna in from $17 to $10 for the Doncaster.
James McDonald will once again carry punters’ hopes on the first day of The Championships as surges towards a couple of milestones.
Another Wil and Jimmysstar had the same Doncaster goal. One arrives as favourite,but the other won’t even be at Randwick on Saturday.
Japanese trainer Keiji Yoshimura got what he wanted from a Randwick visit with Obamburumai as he looks to add the Doncaster to his Golden Eagle win.
Jockey Tyler Schiller is confident he will be lean and mean despite shedding over three kilos to ride second favourite Celestial Legend in Saturday’s Doncaster Mile.